lathe

• vt. 用车床加工
• n. 车床；机床

词源不详，可能来自lade,装载，承载，原用来指钻子，后引申词义车床。

lathe (n.)

"machine for turning," early 14c., of uncertain origin, probably from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish drejelad "turning-lathe," Old Norse hlaða "pile of shavings under a lathe," related to hlaða "to load, lade;" see lade (v.)).

1. From the garage there came the sound of Derek working a lathe.

汽车修理厂那边传来德里克开动车床的声音.

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2. Let's get the lathe to turn the new piston.

咱们用车床车[加工]新的活塞吧.

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3. Gradually she learned to operate a lathe.

她慢慢地学会了开车床.

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4. That lathe went out of order at times.

那台车床有时发生故障.

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5. The workpiece is already on the lathe.

工件已经上了车床.

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